Think of Lebanon or Beirut and you probably see pin sharp blazing Mediterranean days — a dazzling array of mezze, an ice cold drink and the sea below you.  Most of the year, it’s like that by the coast, but climb into the mountains up into the Bekaa and beyond and you feel the seasons fiercely as they change.  My husband tells me that one of his earliest memories is driving with his grandparents, who lived in Beirut, up what […]

Categories: Lebanese recipes, memory and culture • Tags: Bekaa, burgul, chick, chicken soup